aria2 is a [[GPLv2]] licensed network download manager written in [[C++]]. - [Website](https://aria2.github.io/) - [Source](https://github.com/aria2/aria2) - [Documentation](https://github.com/aria2/aria2) - AlternativeTo > aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility operated in command-line. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink. # Notability The quote says it all. It does a lot of different useful things down with file downloads from the internet. # Philosophy # OS Support # Features # Tips # Resources ## GUIs - https://github.com/ziahamza/webui-aria2 - https://persepolisdm.github.io/ - https://giantpinkrobots.github.io/varia/ - https://github.com/mayswind/AriaNg - Developer aggressively [refuses](https://github.com/mayswind/AriaNg/pull/220) to document anything, utterly bizarre ```shell aria2c --enable-rpc --rpc-listen-all --rpc-allow-origin-all=true ``` # References